A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Nudity is not nakedness, since the nudes expects to be seen whereas the naked person does not. In fact nakedness is the "put off" of all power and dignity and social being. This fact draws attention to clothing as equipment and technology and power.
“International Motley and Religious Costume” (1972), in The Medium and the Light (1999), p 76
Year: 1972
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